I’m in a weird situation, i have a dedicated mini pc for my Jellyfin server Here are the requirements for solutions

  • I cannot use an interface like a keyboard or mouse -I will not use linux for this particular machine -The device does have USB ports and a screen So to just have the jellyfin server start automatically, i would like to be able to hit the power button and have it boot into windows, thus automatically starting the jellyfin server and allowing me to do server restarts to fix issues.

Problem is the login screen, i can go as far as removing my password but it still requires user input to login. I need to bypass this but on the other hand i would not like to leave this giant vulnerability in my system. Is there any sort of way to get the best of both worlds? to have the PC be able to go from power button to jellyfin server started and still have some measure of security?

Thanks if anyone has any insight to my problem it would be wildly appreciated

  • Dave.@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Is there any sort of way to get the best of both worlds? to have the PC be able to go from power button to jellyfin server started and still have some measure of security?

    Windows with auto login? Not really. That is, anyone with a mouse + keyboard locally can get in there.

    You can set up jellyfin to run as a windows service and then it should auto start and run as a particular user without you having to log in. Have a look in the “advanced” section in the jellyfin docs.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I don’t remember exactly how, but I did the same thing for my streaming gaming laptop. I had to put my unencrypted password in the registry somewhere, but it’s been a few years, I don’t remember where I put it. But perhaps this piece of information will help.

  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Sounds like you need to set up the Jellyfin server as a windows service so it starts without logging in. I’m surprised it doesn’t do this automatically as part of the installer setup.

    Alternatively you can just set up auto-login for your windows user account, but that gives you no security from local access.

  • Toes♀@ani.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    You could migrate jellyfin into a Linux container and share the media through a local loopback and configure it for a headless installation if you can’t give up that Windows installation.

    Alternatively like another person suggested configuring it as an service could help here

  • Veritrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Can you set the Jellyfin server service to start with Windows? Shouldn’t need a login then. If not, you can use a PowerShell script that starts the Jellyfin .exe and use a scheduled task to run it when event id 6005 is triggered. That’s the event id created when the event log starts.